Chandermani Arora - Angular 2 By Example

Chandermani Arora is a software craftsman, with a passion for technology and expertise on the web stack.

With more than a decade of experience under his belt, he has architected, designed, and developed solutions of all shapes and sizes on the Microsoft platform.

He has been building apps on Angular 1 from its early days. Such is his love for the framework that every engagement that he is a part of has an Angular footprint.

Being an early adopter of the Angular 2 framework, he tries to support the platform in every possible way be it writing blog posts on various Angular topics or helping his fellow developers on StackOverflow, where he is often seen answering questions on the Angular2 channel.

An ex-MSFT, he now works for Technovert where he leads a bunch of awesome developers who build cloud-scale web applications using Angular and other new age frameworks.

He is also the author for the first edition of this book, AngularJS by Example .

Writing this book has just been a surreal experience, and I would like to thank my Technovert family who have supported me in all possible ways, be it helping me with the sample apps, reviewing the content, or offloading some of my professional commitment to make sure I get enough time for book writing.And finally I want to express my gratitude towards my family. I know your blessings are always there with me.

Kevin Hennessy is a Senior Software Engineer with Applied Information Sciences. He has 18 years of experience as a developer, team lead, and solutions architect, working on web-based projects, primarily using the Microsoft technology stack. Over the last several years, he has presented and written about single-page applications and JavaScript frameworks, including Knockout, Meteor, and Angular 2. Most recently, he spoke about Angular 2 at the All Things Open Conference. His corporate blog is http://blog.appliedis.com/?s=Kevin+Hennessy.

I would like to acknowledge my wife, Mary Gene Hennessy. Her unstinting love and support (and editorial suggestions) through the period of late nights and weekends I spent writing this book, have made me ever more aware and appreciative of how truly amazing it is to be married to her.

Josh Kurz is a Technical Architect at Turner Broadcasting System. He has written a book on AngularJS, called Mastering AngularJS Directives , and he has contributed to many open source projects.

I would like to thank my baby girl Evelyn for being the sweetest girl in the world.

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Angular 2 is here, and we are super exited! This book allows us to reach out to you and lend a helping hand in your quest to learn Angular 2.

While the growth of Angular 1 was organic, the same cannot be said about Angular 2. It rides on the popularity of its predecessor and has already generated phenomenal interest among the developer community. Everyone expects a super awesome future proof framework! And we believe Angular 2 has taken steps in the right direction, which will make it the ubiquitous platform for web and mobile development.

If you are an Angular 1 developer, then there is loads of exciting stuff to learn, and for developers getting started there is a whole new world to explore.

Getting started with Angular 2 can be overwhelming even for a seasoned Angular 1 developer. Too many terms will be thrown at you, such as TypeScript, Transpiler, Shim, Observable, Immutable, Modules, Exports, Decorators, Components, Web Component, Shadow DOM, and more. But relax! We are trying to embrace the modern web and everything new here is to make our life easier. A number of these concepts are not specific to Angular itself but highlight the direction in which web platform development is moving. We will try our best to present these concepts in a clear and concise manner, helping everyone understand how these pieces fit into this big ecosystem.

Learning by examples has its advantages; you immediately see the concept explained in action. This book follows the same pattern as its predecessor. Using the Do It Yourself (DIY) approach, we build multiple simple and complex applications using Angular 2.